Aspiring IT Professionals win Awards at 2013 Regional Conference

December 6, 2013

University of Houston members of the
Association of IT Professionals (AITP) Student Chapter earned multiple awards
and certifications at the 2013 AITP Region 3 Student Conference.

University of Houston members of the Association of IT Professionals (AITP)
Student Chapter earned multiple awards at the 2013 AITP Region 3 Student Conference held
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on October 31st to November 2nd.

More than 250 students representing 19 different universities from seven
states attended the annually held regional conference.

College of Technology students placed in these various competitions:

Dennis Maldonado – 1st Place, PC
Troubleshooting

Kevang Desai and Darshak Zala - 2nd Place, Systems Analysis & Design

Alan Hensley and Dennis Maldonado – 2nd Place, Hacking

Nithin Kumar – Honorable
Mention, Systems Analysis & Design

The University of Houston also received the fourth highest Overall
University Award. The award is based on
the overall contest results of the universities in attendance. This is the fifth year in a row that UH has
been recognized as one of the top overall universities competing at the annual
student conference.

"I am extremely proud of how well our students performed in the
competitions and the professionalism they demonstrated during this
conference. I am especially impressed by
how well they performed in earning an extremely high number of MTA
certifications. They truly represented
the College and UH in an exemplary fashion, said Bret Detillier, Computer
Information Systems Program Coordinator, Instructional Assistant Professor, and
faculty advisor for the UH AITP Student Chapter.

"AITP and the CIS Faculty would like to express
our deep thanks to Chevron and ERGOS Technology for their continued support of
UH's Student Chapter of AITP. Their continued financial support enabled
AITP to pay for all of the student registration fees and hotel accommodations
for the 38 students who attended this year's student conference. A special round of thanks goes to Dr. Art
Conklin and Professor Ed Crowley who both conducted additional workshops to
prepare this year’s group,” he added.